The Uncomfortable Origin of HSLDA’s “Parental Rights”

HSLDA grounds their concept of parental rights in the Roman patriarchy system that justified slavery and dehumanized women and children.

The Battle of Peer Dependency

How the “battle” for your kids wanting friends became framed as a battle for the hearts of your children.

Evidence of HSLDA’s Anti-LGBT Advocacy Disappears From Their Website

HSLDA has quietly removed their most anti-LGBT web pages.

Ken Cuccinelli, HSLDA, and Identification Abuse

HSLDA favorite Ken Cuccinelli has publicly spoken out in favor of denying children identification documents.

Children as Divine Rental Property: An Exposition on HSLDA’s Philosophy of Parental Rights

“Insofar as HSLDA believes that children must belong to their parents in a legal sense, children are to have no fundamental rights.”

A Brief History of ATI and HSLDA’s Relationship

The warm camaraderie and partnerships between ATI and HSLDA extend beyond the direct relationships between ATI’s Wisdom Booklet developers (Gothard, Cannon, and Guthrie) and HSLDA.

A Quick and Dirty Primer on HSLDA

“Did you find your way to Homeschooler’s Anonymous because the press coverage of the Wunderlich and Twelve Tribes cases in Germany and the Romeike case in the United States sent you hunting for more info on this HSLDA group that keeps showing up in news stories? Then this story is for you.”

Home Education Ideologies and Literature

This is the first in a series of reviews of academic literature regarding the modern homeschooling phenomena in America. The goal is to provide a sociological framework for discussing the diversity and homogeneity of the various branches of the homeschooling movement.

Why I Blame Homeschooling, Not Just My Parents: Reflections by Nicholas Ducote

“I know abuse doesn’t just happen because of bad parenting. The bad parenting that people indict was being advocated on stage before thousands of people. There is a reason why so many homeschooling alumni share stories and experiences.”

A Historical Timeline of the Modern U.S. Homeschooling Movement

The following is a historical timeline of the modern U.S. homeschooling movement from 1960 through 2013. It details the various and divergent aspects of homeschooling while focusing on the later influence Michael Farris and HSLDA have had on its public image.